March 29, 2006

Former Plan Administrator Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $20,000 From Riggers’ Welfare Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

March 28, 2006

Labor Department Sues Glendale Firm for at Least
$900,000 in Unpaid Back Wages and Damages

Janitors Cleaned Movie Theaters throughout Southern California

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the filing of a lawsuit against Glendale, California-based, Janitorial Carpet's Maintenance for minimum wage, overtime pay and recordkeeping violations of federal law. The violations resulted from the employer's improper classification of workers as independent contractors.

March 28, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Obtains Settlement for Boise, Idaho Health Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Boise, Idaho - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement that will protect the medical benefits of participants in a health plan sponsored by Employers Resource Management Company (ERM) of Boise, Idaho.

March 27, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Sues Owner of Defunct Minnesota Firm To Protect Simple IRA Plan Employee Contributions

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an adversary complaint against Karl R. Hunt, president and sole owner of K-H Construction, Inc, Medford, Minnesota, to prevent Hunt from discharging a debt of $4,672.12 owed to the company’s Simple IRA Plan.

March 23, 2006

Labor Department Resolves Pension Law Violations to Protect Assets of Minnesota 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order resolving violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) related to delinquent employee contributions and loan repayments to the Granse & Associates Inc. 401(k) profit sharing plan in Lakeville, Minnesota. After the department sued the company and plan trustees, the defendants restored $182,126.85 to the plan.

March 23, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Obtains Judgment Ordering Payment of More Than $1.3 Million to Long Island, New York, 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering payment of over $1.3 million to a 401(k) plan sponsored by Lawrence Aviation Industries Inc. of Port Jefferson Station, New York. The judgment resolves a lawsuit against the company, a manufacturer of titanium products for the aerospace industry, and its owner.

March 21, 2006

Labor Department Announces New Mailing Addresses For Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Note To Editors: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced new addresses for the submission of penalty payments and annual report copies (Forms 5500) under the Department’s Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (DFVC). Effective April 11, 2006, the addresses for submissions are:

March 20, 2006

Mental Health Parity Act Extended to End of Year

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced a technical amendment extending the interim final rules under the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) to December 31, 2006.

President Bush signed the extension December 30, 2005, as part of the Employee Retirement Preservation Act (P.L. 109-151, 119 Stat. 2886).

March 20, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Obtains Court Order to Restore More Than $58,000 to Former Statesboro, Georgia, Company’s 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Labor Department has obtained a consent judgment and order of non-dischargeability requiring Alfonzo Hall to restore more than $58,000 to the 401(k) plan of former International Agile Manufacturing (IAM), Statesboro, Georgia.

March 20, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Sues to Recover More Than $37,000 for Jackson, Mississippi, Company’s 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit to restore $37,053 to the 401(k) plan of now-bankrupt Lextron Corporation, Jackson, Mississippi.

“Trustees of a 401(k) plan have a responsibility to ensure that the assets of the plan are used solely to benefit participants,” said Howard Marsh, director of the department’s Atlanta regional office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

March 20, 2006

Assistant Secretary of Labor Combs to Address Investment Company Institute on Administration’s Retirement Agenda in Phoenix

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Phoenix, Arizona - Assistant Secretary of Labor Ann L. Combs will address 1,500 members of the Investment Company Institute (ICI) at the Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference, Tuesday, March 21 at the J.W. Marriott Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona. Combs will discuss the President’s retirement security agenda and provide an update on the regulatory activities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

March 20, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Sues Pittsburgh Area Employer To Restore Funds To 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued now-defunct Orris Fuel Inc., Creighton, Pennsylvania, and its controller, seeking restoration of funds to the company’s 401(k) plan.

March 16, 2006

U.S. Department of Labor Gets Court Order Barring Charlotte, North Carolina, Company President from Serving as 401(k) Plan Fiduciary

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment permanently barring Brenda Hamrick, controlling shareholder and president of Trawick Artists Management Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, from serving as a fiduciary of the company’s 401(k) plan.

March 15, 2006

Labor Department Files Lawsuit to Recover Over $7.1 Million in Back Wages for 7,171 Security Contract Workers at 39 Airports Nationwid

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Labor Department is seeking to recover more than $7.1 million in back wages for 7,171 employees of Huntleigh USA Corporation following a Service Contract Act (SCA) investigation by the departments Wage and Hour Division in Salt Lake City, Utah.

March 15, 2006

Labor Department Sponsors San Diego Workshop on Federal Pension and Health Law

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

San Francisco, California - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a free workshop April 20 to help employers and health and pension plan fiduciaries better comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the federal law governing private employer pension and health benefit plans. The workshop will be held at Hampton Inn San Diego-Sea World/Airport, 3888 Greenwood Street.

March 15, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Recovers More Than $66,000 for Former Decatur, Alabama 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta, Georgia - A U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit has resulted in a court judgment ordering the CEO of now-bankrupt D&S Consulting Engineering Inc., Decatur, Alabama, to restore $66,128 to the company’s 401(k) plan.

March 14, 2006

Labor Department Sues Plan Officials for Mismanaging Georgia Benefits Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the fiduciaries of Rehab Consultants Inc. (RCI), Jefferson, Georgia, for making improper loan payments from the company’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to parent company Rehab Consultants of Florida (RCF) and then abandoning the plan.

March 14, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Sues Framingham, Massachusetts, Employer to Restore Funds to Company 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Boston, Massachusetts - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the president of now-defunct One Source Computer Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts, seeking restoration of funds to the company’s 401(k) plan.

March 14, 2006

U.S. Labor Department Obtains $1.1 Million Judgment Restoring Assets to Spring Lake, Michigan 401(k) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

March 14, 2006

Labor Department Sues Officers of Hudson, Ohio, Business To Recover 401(k) Plan Losses

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Cleveland, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Harold Hopkins and Linda Hopkins, officers of Vista Financial Group Inc., Hudson, Ohio, in federal district court in Cleveland to recover 401(k) plan losses that resulted from fiduciary breaches by the Hopkins. Circle Trust Company also is named in the lawsuit because it is custodian of the plan’s assets.